Paul Rodgers is a British born artist who came to Estonia at the start of the new period of independence 23 years ago with the aim to organise joint Estonian-British artist exchange projects. Now living here in Estonia he has, in addition to making sculpture, video and performance, curated a number of exhibitions both here and abroad. Rodgers also shows as a member of the group “Eesti Energiad” (with Jüri Ojaver and Jaan Toomik); co-curated with Jaan Toomik the Gooseflesh, Mohni and Viinistu international arts festivals; also lectured in the Metal, Interdisciplinary Arts, and Sculpture departments of the Estonian Academy of Arts.
Paul Rodgers:
The starting point for the work shown here was aspects of still life. And though traditionally still life has an element reminding us of our mortality, I have reversed the notion so that perhaps in death there is an element of life. Perhaps an existential approach considering the aging process, sex and death.These ideas have been assimilated into a kind of narrative connected with an early memory and the symbolism of a windmill being a clock, or in this instance a stopped clock. Formally I have been trying to link the imediacy of my drawing process to the making of objects – so in someways the work has been more aesthetic than is usual for me.
Exhibition will be open until December 12, 2016.
Supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia and ArtPrint.
Exhibitions in Hobusepea gallery are supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia and Estonian Ministry of Culture.
